Impact of an electronic sepsis initiative on antibiotic use and health care facility–onset Clostridium difficile infection rates

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1091-1100

  Hiensch, Robert ^a   Poeran, Jashvant ^a   Saunders Hao, Patricia ^b   Adams, Victoria ^b   Powell, Charles A ^a   Glasser, Allison ^a   Mazumdar, Madhu ^a   Patel, Gopi ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Clostridium difficile infection; Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; AZTREONAM PLUS CILASTATIN; CEFEPIME; CEFEPIME PLUS IMIPENEM; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC SEPSIS INITIATIVE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; WARD; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020127107     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.005     Document Type: Article

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